An iron or copper plate that turns upwards on each side of a ship's keel and dead-wood at the fore-foot, or at her skegg, and bolts through all: it is a strengthener, but not always necessary.
·vi A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. II. Stirru...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A dose the cobler gives his wife whenever she is obstropulous. ...